The world is watching and learning from the Bakken oil shale play,
Houston-based Ryder Scott Petroleum Consultants said Thursday in its Reservoir Solutions newsletter.

Net importers of oil, including China, France and Poland, are
studying the Bakken as a model for their own countries, which contain
geologically similar deposits, the firm said.Companies from countries as far away as
Australia have interest in the Bakken, a mature oil reservoir that
straddles North Dakota, Montana and Saskatchewan, brought back to life
by drilling advancements developed in Canada and the United States.

The unconventional play has become a proving ground for advanced
drilling-and-completions technology, including multi-stage hydraulic
fracturing.

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